by Jay | Sep 15, 2010 | NASCAR, New England, New Hampshire, NHMS
TONY STEWART – Ready to Light Up the Chase Starting with Sylvania 300
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (Sept. 15, 2010) – Tony Stewart eschewed the spotlight for much of 2010. Mind you, it was not by choice.
After an incredible 2009 season where the first-year driver/owner for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) won four races – five if you include the non-points NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway – and handily led the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship point standings for 13 straight weeks, the bar was set high for 2010.
Stewart’s sophomore year in the dual role of driver and owner started off sluggish, with only three top-10s in the series’ first 11 races – the bright spot being a second-place finish to four-time and reigning Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson in March at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway. Stewart dropped to as low as 18th in points, but with a ninth-place finish in May at Dover (Del.) International Speedway, he initiated an incredible march toward this year’s Chase for the Championship.
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by Jay | Sep 15, 2010 | ACT, NASCAR, New England, New Hampshire, NHMS
Joey Polewarczyk Jr.: ACT Late Model Tour
ACT Invitational Race Preview
Joey Polewarczyk Jr. of Hudson, N.H., heads to center of racing in New England where he will compete in the ACT Late Model Tour’s second annual ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H., on Saturday, September 18. The race takes place during Sylvania 300 weekend — the first race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup and is part of a Saturday tripleheader at the track which includes the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and Whelen Modified Tour. Polewarczyk finished 10th in the inaugural event in 2009, and he’s won two ACT races since late July, helping him make a charge up the series standings to second with one points race remaining. Polewarczyk is also one of the handful of drivers in the ACT Invitational starting field with experience at New Hampshire — having made three career NASCAR K&N Pro Series East starts at the track with a career-best finish of sixth in 2008.
WHO: Joey Polewarczyk Jr., Hudson, N.H.
TEAM: No. 97 Pole’s Automotive/NH Precision Ford Fusion
BEST CAREER ACT INVITATIONAL FINISH: 10th (September 2009)
LAST RACE AT NEW HAMPSHIRE MOTOR SPEEDWAY: 10th (September 2009)
WHAT: ACT Late Model Tour 2nd annual ACT Inviatational
WHERE: New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, N.H. (1.058-mile oval)
WHEN: 5:45 p.m., Saturday, September 18
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by Jay | Sep 15, 2010 | New England, New Hampshire, PASS, White Mountain Motorsports Park
Joey Doiron: PASS North Series
White Mountain Motorsports Park Race Preview
PASS North Series Rookie of the Year leader Joey Doiron finishes the season with the rest of the series in the PASS 150 at White Mountain Motorsports Park on Friday night, September 17. Doiron has two goals remaining for the weekend, both of which he has a firm hold on — winning the Rookie of the Year honors while also finishing in the Top-10 in the final PASS North standings to guarantee himself a starting spot in the lucrative 300-lap event scheduled for North Wilkesboro Speedway next April. Currently, Doiron is ninth in the standings with one Top-5 and four Top-10 finishes in 11 races as a rookie.
WHO: Joey Doiron, Berwick, Maine
TEAM: JBJ Machine/Rescue Welding/Dale Shaw Race Cars No. 73 Dodge
BEST CAREER WHITE MOUNTAIN MOTORSPORTS PARK FINISH: 9th (May 2010)
LAST RACE AT WHITE MOUNTAIN MOTORSPORTS PARK: 9th (May 2010)
WHAT: Season Finale — PASS North Series PASS 150
WHERE: White Mountain Motorsports Park, North Woodstock, N.H. (.25-mile oval)
WHEN: 6 p.m., Friday, September 17
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by Jay | Sep 15, 2010 | New England, New Hampshire, PASS, White Mountain Motorsports Park
Trevor Sanborn: PASS North Series
White Mountain Motorsports Park Race Preview
Trevor Sanborn of Parsonsfield, Maine, heads to the PASS North Series season finale with the PASS 150 at White Mountain Motorsports Park in North Woodstock, N.H., on Friday night, September 17. Sanborn, who sits fourth in the overall series standings, matched his career-best White Mountain finish the last time PASS visited the high-banked quarter-mile in May with a third-place run. Interestingly, the May race at White Mountain was the first race for Sanborn with Richard Moody Racing since 2008. The team put the No. 44 Ford Fusion in victory lane at Riverside Speedway in Groveton, N.H., in late July — a similarly configured quarter-mile.
WHO: Trevor Sanborn, Parsonsfield, Maine
TEAM: No. 44 Hancock Lumber/Subway Ford Fusion
BEST CAREER WHITE MOUNTAIN MOTORSPORTS PARK FINISH: 3rd (2 times; most recently May 2010)
LAST RACE AT WHITE MOUNTAIN MOTORSPORTS PARK: 3rd (May 2010)
WHAT: Season Finale — PASS North Series PASS 150
WHERE: White Mountain Motorsports Park, North Woodstock, N.H. (.25-mile oval)
WHEN: 6 p.m., Friday, September 17
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by Jay | Sep 15, 2010 | Connecticut, Stafford
RYAN POSOCCO AND WOODY PITKAT SEPARATED BY ONLY 4 POINTS WITH 2 RACES TO GO
IN LATE MODEL CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT
(Stafford Springs, CT)—In the blink of an eye, the race for the 2010
Stafford Motor Speedway Late Model championship has come down to two former
champions only 4 points apart with 2 races to go. Just several races ago,
Ryan Posocco had what looked to be a comfortable 48 point lead over Woody
Pitkat. But Pitkat has won the last 2 Late Model feature events while
Posocco finished 6th and 18th in the last 2 races to see his point lead
dwindled down from 48 to 4 points heading into the Final Friday Night
Shoot-Out this Friday night and the season ending CARQUEST Fall Final
Weekend on Oct. 2nd and 3rd.
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